Weekly Recipe - Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are so easy to make that a 3 year old can do most of the work.

Ingredients
14 tbsp     Butter
1/2 cup     Sugar
3/4 cup     Brown Sugar
2 tbsp       Vanilla Extract
8 3/4 oz    AP Flour
1 tsp         Salt
1              Eggs
1              Egg Yolk
1/2 tsp     Baking soda
8.5 oz      Ghirardelli bitter sweet chips


Equipment
Small light colored skillet
2 glass bowls
kitchen scale
whisk
#24 scoop
measuring cups and spoons
1/2 sheet pan
Cooling racks
Parchment paper




Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Melt 10 tbsp of butter is the light colored skillet and continue to cook for 1-3 minutes until lightly browned.
3.  Place remaining 4 tbsp of butter into a heat resistant bowl, pour in hot melted butter and whisk until melted.
4. Add sugars to butter mixture and whisk  
5. Add salt, vanilla extract and eggs.  Whisk until combined.
6. Allow mixture to sit for three minutes and whisk again (repeat three more times)
7. In a separate bowl combine flour and baking soda
8. Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir to combine. 
9. Add chocolate chips and mix to distribute evenly through dough.
10. Scoop eight 3 tbsp cookies (#24 scoop) onto half sheet pan lines with parchment paper
11. Bake for roughly 11-14 minutes until the cookies are just brown on the edges.
12. Allow to sit on sheet pan for 2 minutes and then transfer to cooling rack.